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FPGAs built for modern defense systems

High-performance FPGAs have become pivotal in advancing military technology, offering advanced capabilities for defense applications. As military operations increasingly rely on real-time data processing, secure communications, and sophisticated signal processing, FPGAs provide a flexible, high-performance, and long lifecycle solution. These versatile semiconductor components can be reconfigured to meet evolving needs, enabling rapid adaptation to emerging threats and complex scenarios. With their ability to handle high-speed computations and integrate with various systems, high-performance FPGAs are at the forefront of enhancing operational effectiveness, ensuring hardware level security, and supporting next-generation military technologies.

Aerospace and Defense
Aerospace and Defense

The Challenges, and Why FPGA

The Challenge

Real-time data demands

Radar and EW need fast processing of high-bandwidth sensor data.

Why FPGA

Parallel, low-latency processing

FPGAs process signals and track targets in real time.

The Challenge

Mission requirements evolve

Evolving threats, protocols, and operations demand rapid design updates.

Why FPGA

Reconfigurable adaptability

Update logic and protocols as mission needs change—without replacing hardware.

The Challenge

Secure, resilient communications

Sensitive data calls for encryption, tamper resistance, and resilient operation.

Why FPGA

Strict SWaP and lifecycle limits

Platforms must balance performance, power, size, weight, and long service life.

The Challenge

Strict SWaP and lifecycle limits

Platforms must balance performance, power, size, weight, and long service life.

Why FPGA

Power-efficient integration

Combine high performance and adaptable logic in compact systems.

Why Altera

Efficient by design

Process radar and communications workloads at high speed with low power in compact FPGA designs.

Ready for changing missions

Reconfigure deployed FPGAs to address emerging threats, new protocols, and changing mission needs.

Security integrated

Protect sensitive data with built-in encryption, tamper resistance, and custom security protocols.

Long-life flexibility

Keep systems mission-ready with long-lifecycle FPGAs and updates that avoid hardware replacement.

Aerospace and Defense Applications

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Radar

High-performance FPGA SoCs for real-time radar signal capture, processing, beamforming, tracking.

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Electronic Warfare (EW)

Reconfigurable FPGA solutions for low-latency, deterministic, and wideband electronic support, protection, and attack modalities.

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Secure Communication

Software-defined, SWaP-optimized FPGAs for secure, tamper-resistant military communications.

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Avionics

Powering Safer, Smarter Avionics with DO-254-Capable FPGAs. Enabling high-performance cockpit displays, sensor fusion, and mission-critical computing.

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Drones & UAVs

Scalable FPGAs from Group 1 to Group 5 unmanned systems and decoy platforms

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Precision Guided Munitions

FPGAs for guidance, navigation, and target identification in SWaP-C-constrained munitions.

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Common Questions

Reproduction needs the exact device and board, converter hardware, Quartus and IP versions, licenses, clock configuration and example assets. Record the expected stimulus and output checks before adapting the design to custom hardware.

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